children. I cannot discover any thing peculiarly active in this fruit, in the condition in which it is employed as an anthelmintic. Perhaps, it operates solely by virtue of a laxative property. I CONTINUE to use and experience the good effects of the Melia Azedarach*. I believe this is one of the most valuable anthelmintics, that has hitherto been discovered. Of late, the dried berries have been advantageously employed as an anthelmintic, in Carolina. With a view to this effect, children are permitted to eat the berries, without any particular regard to the dose. They are, by some, deemed as efficacious as the bark of the tree. I have employed the powdered leaves, but am not yet prepared to offer a positive report concerning their comparative powers. On the subject of the anthelmintic and other properties of the Melia, the reader will do well to consult my friend, Dr. G. Duvall's Inaugural Dissertation †. * See Part First, p. 39, 61, 62, 63. † An Experimental Botanico-Medical Essay on the Melia Azedarach of Linnæus. By Grafton Duvall, of Maryland. Philadelphia: 1802. THE END. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. The Lectures on BOTANY commence, annually, about the middle of April, and terminate in the first week of July. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. The Lectures on MATERIA MEDICA, and those on NATURAL HISTORY*, commence, annually, in the first week of November, and terminate in the first week of March. *These are two distinct Courses of Lectures. |